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re: June 10th!!! It's here, again! Oh yeah!!! Break out the fireworks...wait, what??
Posted on 6/10/16 at 8:54 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 6/10/16 at 8:54 pm to fr33manator
My uncle would always refer to them as sky rockets and one time he lit one and reared his arm back to throw it, it took off behind him and hit me right in the nuts.
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Posted on 6/10/16 at 8:56 pm to auggie
We also had wars with them but we used shoot them out of PVC pipes with duct tape on one end.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 8:58 pm to auggie
I know. So many times we lucky not to have a serious injury.Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:02 pm to drewnbrla
My dad was an electrician and always had conduit around. We tried our best with pipe benders to fashion a "rifle" or something that allowed us to point and shoot.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:05 pm to auggie
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Man,we had all out wars with them. Can't believe none of us ever got an eye put out,or anything serious.
There's a reason they are banned in some states.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:08 pm to dgnx6
It's happening because our governor proclaimed June LGBT month in Louisiana. Yay for us.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:08 pm to Captain Lafitte
Looking back now, although it was really dangerous, it was fun times. We used to also have wars with roman candles and make sparkler bombs. I also remember slipping 50 count black cats through mail slots in the middle of the night. We were so bad 
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:08 pm to lsufan9193969700
It's probably some internet weed holiday.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:10 pm to dgnx6
I use to have a crazy dog that liked to chase them down,and let them explode in her mouth
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:26 pm to drewnbrla
quote:I can't recall if we had black cats when I was a kid in the '70s but we definitely bought these:
I also remember slipping 50 count black cats through mail slots in the middle of the night. We were so bad
One of them went off in my hand (index finger and thumb) when I tried to toss it. It lit so fast, I had no time to get rid of it. Throbbing pain was the only damage, luckily.
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We used to also have wars with roman candles
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:32 pm to Captain Lafitte
Definitely had Black Cats in the 70s,and it seemed like they were the best to us.
Really none of the regular firecackers or bottle rockets were very powerful,but the speed of the bottle rockets could hurt you if they hit you directly in the eye. Harmless other than that.
Really none of the regular firecackers or bottle rockets were very powerful,but the speed of the bottle rockets could hurt you if they hit you directly in the eye. Harmless other than that.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:34 pm to lsufan9193969700
Juneteenth baw. Sorry you live in the ghetto
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:40 pm to colorchangintiger
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Juneteenth baw. Sorry you live in the ghetto
Juneteenth is June 19
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:41 pm to Captain Lafitte
I was a kid in the 80's and I remember those as well.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:41 pm to Captain Lafitte
My cousins lived close to the MS state line and they used to buy these things by the gross. Those bottle rocket wars were the best
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:45 pm to auggie
Ah, ok. I wondered if they were available back then. I never noticed and only had a small local fireworks stand in our small town.
This post was edited on 6/10/16 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:45 pm to upgrayedd
I lived near a large ditch in Broadmoor so my friends and I would take different sides of the ditch and have siege wars with moon rockets. When we ran out of rockets we threw rocks
When we were done, we'd go to frost top for burgers and root beer. Good times.
When we were done, we'd go to frost top for burgers and root beer. Good times.
This post was edited on 6/10/16 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:46 pm to upgrayedd
My dad let a guy set up a fireworks stand at his store on holidays for years. I got all kinds of free fireworks.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:48 pm to auggie
Lucky
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:51 pm to upgrayedd
Damn, I would have loved to have gotten that much
Would have lined up rows of them and mounted a full on assault against my friends.
Would have lined up rows of them and mounted a full on assault against my friends.
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